Dylann Roof: What Could Have Been?

He was a seemingly regular, trouble-making 21 year old boy living in the suburbs of North Carolina when he ended up making a shockingly murderous decision.

In a shooting rampage, Dylann Roof took nine lives in a historic black church, i.e. Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina, forever changing the lives of their families, his own loved ones, and others who lived around them.

A Hate Crime Out In the Open!

Dylann Roof had a previous arrest record. But according to his relatives and friends, his espousing racist views were fairly recent. Police says that Roof continued to shout anti-black sentiments as he shot at his victims inside the church.

He has been charged, and found guilty on, 33 counts. These include charges of hate crimes resulting in death and lead to the death verdict. Federal prosecutors previously rejected his offer to plead guilty in exchange for life without parole.

An American Void: How Did It All Go Wrong?

He showed his gun to his friends. He often spoke about his plans to do ‘something crazy’. And nobody heard what he was really trying to tell them.

Friends and family members who spoke to the press told of a boy who was loved and provided with all the necessities of life, with loving grandparents who had given him the birthday money that was purportedly used to buy the hand gun.

Roof’s childhood and adolescence was perhaps a bit troubled, but it was nothing that could raise alarms and propel his parents to seek psychological help for the young boy.

According to those around him, there really were no indicators that he’d be capable of a horrific crime. His school friend recalls how Roof would occasionally make racist comments, but at the same time, he had plenty of black friends who he hung out with. So these were disregarded as nothing more than ranting.

Roof did well in school and even helped his father, who is a contractor by profession.

He turned into loner the last few years before the incident and gained troubling racist views. On his website, he had posted a 2,500-word manifesto that complained bitterly about black crime, citing incidents described by a white supremacist group. He loved the idea of segregation, saying, “Integration has done nothing but bring Whites down to the level of brute animals.”

The Last Word: Plain Evil or Just Sick in The Head?

We may never know because Dylann Roof didn’t cooperate with federal psychologists and in fact, called psychology a ‘Jewish invention’.

However, the experts at Celebrities Galore have done their best to learn more about his spiritually and psychological struggles. Head over to the website to learn more.